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Permanent Waves
Price: $29.95
Subtitle: Recasting
Histories of U.S. Feminism
Edited and with an Introduction by
Nancy Hewitt
Subject: Women's Studies, American Studies
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4725-1
Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-4724-4
Pages:
472 pages
Publication Date: March 2010
Praise:
"An important contribution to the ongoing dialogue on the meaning of feminism and its application not just within the academy, but also to a larger and more general political, social, and intellectual forum. Recommended."
—Choice, Jan 2011
"From Seneca Falls to hip-hop, this
striking collection pushes us to rethink the who, what, when, where,
and why of U.S. feminist history. The wide-ranging essays toss
out the overly tidy generational model and replace it with complex,
rich, and inclusive accounts of our feminist past. Highly
recommended."
—Joanne Meyerowitz, author of How Sex Changed: A History of
Transsexuality in the United States
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Permanent Waves boldly enters the ongoing debates over the
utility of the “wave” metaphor for capturing the complex history of
women’s rights by offering fresh perspectives on the diverse movements
that comprise U.S. feminism, past and present. Seventeen essays—both
original and reprinted—address continuities, conflicts, and
transformations among women’s movements in the United States from the
early nineteenth century through today.
A respected group of contributors from diverse generations and
backgrounds argue for new chronologies, more inclusive
conceptualizations of feminist agendas and participants, and fuller
engagements with contestations around particular issues and practices.
Race, class, and sexuality are explored within histories of women’s
rights and feminism as well as the cultural and intellectual currents
and social and political priorities that marked movements for women’s
advancement and liberation. These essays question whether the concept
of waves surging and receding can fully capture the complexities of
U.S. feminisms and suggest models for reimagining these histories from
radio waves to hip-hop.
About the Authors:
NANCY A. HEWITT is a professor of history and women’s and
gender studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Her books include Women’s Activism and Social Change:
Rochester,
New York, 1822–1872; Southern
Discomfort: Women’s Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s–1920s; and
A Companion
to American Women’s History.
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